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Seven Records Broken at 20th and 21st Century Art Auctions in Christie’s London Branch
11.03.2025
Christie’s London house held a series of postwar and contemporary art auctions that attracted the attention of collectors from around the world. The first two auctions, which saw several sales records broken, netted a total of £130,251,700.
The most lucrative work of the season at auction was La reconnaissance infinie by René Magritte, which during the Art of the Surreal Evening Sale brought in £10,315,000. At the same event, a trio of rare works by Paul Delvaux from a private collection, which appeared at auction for the first time in 30 years, was also wildly successful. After an exciting period of bidding, it finally sold for £12,910,000.
The 20th/21st century evening art auction was led by Michael Andrews, whose painting School IV: Barracuda under Skipjack Tuna, in a new auction record for this artist, sold for £6,060,000, i.e. one million more than the pre-auction estimate. Pieces by Tamara de Lempicka, Amedeo Modigliani, and Francis Bacon all went for over £6,000,000.
Seven auction records fell during two auction evenings. In all, 94% of all auctioned lots were sold and the sales price of 43% of the works surpassed the highest estimates.
